Chris King makes stems!!

[nmrt]

At $300 a pop! Would you buy? They sure look purdy...

http://cielo.chrisking.com/cielo-cla...d-racer-stems/

[soulspinner]

Originally Posted by nmrt

At $300 a pop! Would you buy? They sure look purdy...

http://cielo.chrisking.com/cielo-cla...d-racer-stems/

Ahhhh no.

[donevwil]

Classic ? Not the stem I visualize on my '72 Mondia or '88 Merckx.

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[Germany_chris]

yes, yes I would

[miguel]

Originally Posted by donevwil

Classic ? Not the stem I visualize on my '72 Mondia or '88 Merckx.

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Pretty sure yr '72 and '88 don't have 1.125" steer tubes

[cekte]

Agreed they are not for actual classic bikes, in either fit or aesthetics.

However I feel they named that stem the Classic because it is made to pair with the Cielo Sportif Classic and Cross Classic framesets. Just as the Racer stem is made to pair with the Road Racer, Sportif Racer, and Cross Racer frames.

I think they would look fantastic on the right bikes and builds.

[donevwil]

Originally Posted by cekte

Agreed they are not for actual classic bikes, in either fit or aesthetics.

However I feel they named that stem the Classic because it is made to pair with the Cielo Sportif Classic and Cross Classic framesets. Just as the Racer stem is made to pair with the Road Racer, Sportif Racer, and Cross Racer frames.

I think they would look fantastic on the right bikes and builds.

Good point, matched to Cielo frames. I think these bulky Paragon-parts stems look OK on large tubed Ti frames, but a more custom, Winter-style stem looks more appropriate on a steel frame, but that's just my opinion. They are certainly well made, some customizability would be nice.

[mtechnica]

Sorry $300 for a stem with no listed weight You can buy a new 3t arx pro for $50 and it doesn't even look like an easter egg.

[donevwil]

Originally Posted by mtechnica

Sorry $300 for a stem with no listed weight You can buy a new 3t arx pro for $50 and it doesn't even look like an easter egg.

The steel Paragon head and aluminum cover add up to 93 grams alone, no tube, steerer clamp or screws.

[Titanium]

I am not sure why certain parts mfgs. feel that they are entitled to so much more money for a simple part than seems reasonable for such items. Its like the world is condoning paying that much more to have a machinist just do their job correctly. A few years back,any machinist in the states would never let anything that wasn't spec out of their shop.After all, that is the job.
Considering I just spent $175 for beautiful 78' Colnago Super frame frame ,fork,Campy headset and BB, .....$300 for a stem,I think not.

[echelon_john]

I like light bike parts.

But I sure want my stem to weigh more than it has to.

[fuzzalow]

They name one of their stems a "Racer Stem" and it is not offered in a -17 degree version? Meh. The longest length they offer is 130mm? Hate to bust their bubble but there isn't anything Racer about anything to do with that stem.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by donevwil

Classic ? Not the stem I visualize on my '72 Mondia or '88 Merckx.

Attachment 1697884503

Me neither....t-less with a big built in spacer..

[dieonthishill]

I would rather go custom for that kind of money

[Cameron]

I've been torn on these since they started promoting/selling them a few weeks back. My gut reaction is that they're too expensive. Especially when priced next to their complete framesets. At $1895/frameset a $300 stem seems out of scale, but maybe that's just me.

I have a Cielo Cross Classic in black with orange/mango graphics and matching mango CK stuff on it and one of the black "classic" stems with a mango front cap would be so excellent on it. On the other hand I opted to order a Fairweather/Nitto stem from Blue Lug in Japan. Similar specs/aesthetic as the new Cielo stems. Nitto made, fillet brazed, etc. With JPY to USD conversion *and* shipping from Japan to Oregon I paid something like $135 landed at my doorstep.




I'll admit that if the stems would have been available when I placed my Cielo frame order I probably would have gotten the matching stem. So maybe it's a good thing they weren't and ended up with the Japanese one